Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 240-250Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600535
Keywords
actin bundling; cell motility; filopodia; IRSp53; X-ray crystallography
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- Medical Research Council [G117/379] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G117/379] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G117/379] Funding Source: Medline
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The scaffolding protein insulin receptor tyrosine kinase substrate p53 (IRSp53), a ubiquitous regulator of the actin cytoskeleton, mediates filopodia formation under the control of Rho-family GTPases. IRSp53 comprises a central SH3 domain, which binds to proline-rich regions of a wide range of actin regulators, and a conserved N-terminal IRSp53/MIM homology domain (IMD) that harbours F-actin-bundling activity. Here, we present the crystal structure of this novel actin-bundling domain revealing a coiled-coil domain that self-associates into a 180 Angstrom-long zeppelin-shaped dimer. Sedimentation velocity experiments confirm the presence of a single molecular species of twice the molecular weight of the monomer in solution. Mutagenesis of conserved basic residues at the extreme ends of the dimer abrogated actin bundling in vitro and filopodia formation in vivo, demonstrating that IMD-mediated actin bundling is required for IRSp53-induced filopodia formation. This study promotes an expanded view of IRSp53 as an actin regulator that integrates scaffolding and effector functions.
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